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The Trump administration moved on Friday to deny swift and full food stamp payments to millions of low-income Americans, as it asked a federal appeals court to halt a judge’s recent order that would preserve those benefits during the shutdown.
Trump Administration Seeks Immediate Halt to Court Order to Pay Food Stamps
The appeal comes one day after a judge sharply attacked the White House for politicizing the anti-hunger program
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Trump administration moved on Friday to deny swift and full food stamp payments to millions of low-income Americans, as it asked a federal appeals court to halt a judge’s recent order that would preserve those benefits during the shutdown.
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Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
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"Why don't they just apply for citizenship?"
This is a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
But the pathway to American citizenship for the vast majority is long, complex, and financially draining.
This is a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
But the pathway to American citizenship for the vast majority is long, complex, and financially draining.
Why Is It So Hard to Become a US Citizen? - American Immigration Council
“Why don’t they just get in line?" It's a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Why don't they just apply for citizenship?"
This is a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
But the pathway to American citizenship for the vast majority is long, complex, and financially draining.
This is a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
But the pathway to American citizenship for the vast majority is long, complex, and financially draining.
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Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
September 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark.
“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings
“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings
June 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark.
“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings
“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings
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Not to alarm anyone or anything, but if Ukraine falls, vocal pseudo pacifists might find themselves digging trenches in the Baltics, but unfortunately I probably won’t be here to say “told ya”
May 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Not to alarm anyone or anything, but if Ukraine falls, vocal pseudo pacifists might find themselves digging trenches in the Baltics, but unfortunately I probably won’t be here to say “told ya”
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According to the Trump administration:
Regular people struggling to pay their bills deserve their wages and benefits to be cut, but billionaires deserve more tax breaks.
Regular people struggling to pay their bills deserve their wages and benefits to be cut, but billionaires deserve more tax breaks.
May 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
According to the Trump administration:
Regular people struggling to pay their bills deserve their wages and benefits to be cut, but billionaires deserve more tax breaks.
Regular people struggling to pay their bills deserve their wages and benefits to be cut, but billionaires deserve more tax breaks.
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
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This is the correct response for every university to take with the Trump administration, as the latest demand of a *consent decree* on Columbia demonstrates.
They intend to kill you anyway. Do not cooperate.
They intend to kill you anyway. Do not cooperate.
Ambassador Spock modeling the proper “fuck you, make me” response to intimidation tactics. Our current-day institutions could learn a lot from him.
April 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is the correct response for every university to take with the Trump administration, as the latest demand of a *consent decree* on Columbia demonstrates.
They intend to kill you anyway. Do not cooperate.
They intend to kill you anyway. Do not cooperate.
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It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
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75%
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
75%
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
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This is what fascism looks like, folks
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is what fascism looks like, folks
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Donald Trump preys off people feeling hopeless and being too scared to fight. I won't let Trump take away my hope or make me too afraid to stand tall and fight.
I continue to believe that if we fight for democracy we will win.
I continue to believe that if we fight for democracy we will win.
March 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Donald Trump preys off people feeling hopeless and being too scared to fight. I won't let Trump take away my hope or make me too afraid to stand tall and fight.
I continue to believe that if we fight for democracy we will win.
I continue to believe that if we fight for democracy we will win.
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Folks, I'm hitting the road this week and traveling across Illinois to see how Donald Trump’s cuts are hurting our farmers, families, and so many more in our state.
It's time the President heard straight from the source what he's doing to Illinoisans.
It's time the President heard straight from the source what he's doing to Illinoisans.
March 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Folks, I'm hitting the road this week and traveling across Illinois to see how Donald Trump’s cuts are hurting our farmers, families, and so many more in our state.
It's time the President heard straight from the source what he's doing to Illinoisans.
It's time the President heard straight from the source what he's doing to Illinoisans.
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Trump is plunging into authoritarianism. Don't believe us? Here's proof 🧵:
1) He handpicked reporters to be in the press pool
2) He removed critical information from public websites
3) His loony co-president Musk threatened to fund primaries against politicians that defy Trump
1) He handpicked reporters to be in the press pool
2) He removed critical information from public websites
3) His loony co-president Musk threatened to fund primaries against politicians that defy Trump
March 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Trump is plunging into authoritarianism. Don't believe us? Here's proof 🧵:
1) He handpicked reporters to be in the press pool
2) He removed critical information from public websites
3) His loony co-president Musk threatened to fund primaries against politicians that defy Trump
1) He handpicked reporters to be in the press pool
2) He removed critical information from public websites
3) His loony co-president Musk threatened to fund primaries against politicians that defy Trump
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I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
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Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.
March 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.
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This is literally Neo-Nazi propaganda. Textbook ethno-nationalist ideology that aligns with every far-right movement in Europe.
"Europe is on the brink of civilizational suicide," US Vice President Vance told Fox News. "Countries don’t control borders, restrict free speech. If Germany takes in millions more incompatible migrants, it’ll destroy itself. America can’t save it."
March 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This is literally Neo-Nazi propaganda. Textbook ethno-nationalist ideology that aligns with every far-right movement in Europe.
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This is illegal, and it endangers the rights of all Americans.
In this country, people must be free to express their views — left or right, popular or unpopular — without being detained or punished by the government.
In this country, people must be free to express their views — left or right, popular or unpopular — without being detained or punished by the government.
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
www.npr.org
March 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is illegal, and it endangers the rights of all Americans.
In this country, people must be free to express their views — left or right, popular or unpopular — without being detained or punished by the government.
In this country, people must be free to express their views — left or right, popular or unpopular — without being detained or punished by the government.
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This article has aged enormously well, including the parts on JD Vance:
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04...
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04...
December 10, 2024 at 9:28 PM
This article has aged enormously well, including the parts on JD Vance:
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04...
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04...
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I want people to watch this video and honestly tell me why it should be made *illegal* for this 14-year-old girl to play field hockey with her friends. youtu.be/yf9MfYZ-Bl4?...
Meet the Girl Who Lawmakers Want to Ban From Playing Sports
YouTube video by Human Rights Campaign
youtu.be
March 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I want people to watch this video and honestly tell me why it should be made *illegal* for this 14-year-old girl to play field hockey with her friends. youtu.be/yf9MfYZ-Bl4?...